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Botanical Inhabitants of Pinnacles National Park

Guide to the plant communities of Pinnacles

Species list taken from the Pinnacles Vascular Species List from the NPS Inventory and Monitoring

Complex Achillea millefolium 1
Achillea millefolium
Blow Wives 2
Achyrachaena mollis
Acroptilon repens 3
Leuzea repens
Agoseris apargioides var. apargioides
Agoseris apargioides apargioides
bigflower agoseris 4
Agoseris grandiflora
Annual Agoseris 5
Agoseris heterophylla
spearleaf agoseris 6
Agoseris retrorsa
annual bur-sage 7
Ambrosia acanthicarpa
woolly fishhooks 8
Ancistrocarphus filagineus
Stinking chamomile 9
Anthemis cotula
biennial wormwood 10
Artemisia biennis
California sagebrush 11
Artemisia californica
California mugwort 12
Artemisia douglasiana
Tarragon 13
Artemisia dracunculus
marsh baccharis 14
Baccharis glutinosa
coyote brush 15
Baccharis pilularis
Baccharis salicifolia ssp. salicifolia
Baccharis salicifolia salicifolia
Glandular Big Tarweed 8
Blepharizonia laxa
California brickellbush 16
Brickellia californica
Carduus pycnocephalus ssp. pycnocephalus 17
Carduus pycnocephalus pycnocephalus
Slender Thistle 18
Carduus tenuiflorus
blessed thistle 19
Centaurea benedicta
Maltese star-thistle 20
Centaurea melitensis
Yellow Starthistle 21
Centaurea solstitialis
Fitch's tarweed 22
Centromadia fitchii
Chaenactis glabriuscula var. glabriuscula
Chaenactis glabriuscula glabriuscula
Chaenactis glabriuscula var. lanosa 23
Chaenactis glabriuscula lanosa
Cirsium occidentale var. occidentale 24
Cirsium occidentale occidentale
Cirsium occidentale var. venustum 25
Cirsium occidentale venustum
bull thistle 26
Cirsium vulgare
Brass Buttons 27
Cotula coronopifolia
Three-ray tarweed 28
Deinandra lobbii
Salinas River Tarweed 29
Deinandra pentactis
Stinkwort 30
Dittrichia graveolens
horseweed 31
Erigeron canadensis
Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus
Erigeron foliosus foliosus
Erigeron petrophilus var. petrophilus 2
Erigeron petrophilus petrophilus
Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum 32
Eriophyllum confertiflorum confertiflorum
many-stem woolly sunflower 25
Eriophyllum multicaule
western goldenrod 33
Euthamia occidentalis
western marsh cudweed 34
Gnaphalium palustre
Great Valley gumweed 35
Grindelia camporum
California matchweed 25
Gutierrezia californica
Rosilla 2
Helenium puberulum
bristly oxtongue 36
Helminthotheca echioides
Hesperevax acaulis var. ambusticola 37
Hesperevax acaulis ambusticola
Telegraphweed 38
Heterotheca grandiflora
Heterotheca sessiliflora ssp. echioides 37
Heterotheca sessiliflora echioides
Smooth Cat's Ear 39
Hypochaeris glabra
common hareleaf 25
Lagophylla ramosissima
California goldfields 25
Lasthenia californica
small-ray goldfields 40
Lasthenia microglossa
whitedaisy tidytips 41
Layia glandulosa
Tall Tidytips 42
Layia hieracioides
Layia pentachaeta ssp. pentachaeta 43
Layia pentachaeta pentachaeta
Douglas' Tickseed 44
Leptosyne douglasii
Lessingia glandulifera var. glandulifera 45
Lessingia glandulifera glandulifera
spring lessingia 37
Lessingia tenuis
California cottonrose 46
Logfia filaginoides
narrowleaf cottonrose 47
Logfia gallica
Common Madia 25
Madia elegans
small tarweed 48
Madia exigua
grassy tarweed 25
Madia gracilis
coast tarweed 49
Madia sativa
California desertdandelion 50
Malacothrix californica
Annual Desert-Dandelion 42
Malacothrix clevelandii
Woolly Desertdandelion 51
Malacothrix floccifera
pineapple-weed 52
Matricaria discoidea
Micropus californicus var. californicus 53
Micropus californicus californicus
Microseris douglasii ssp. douglasii
Microseris douglasii douglasii
Brewer's ragwort 28
Packera breweri
Tiny Pygmydaisy
Pentachaeta alsinoides
Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica 2
Pentachaeta exilis aeolica
Pentachaeta exilis ssp. exilis
Pentachaeta exilis exilis
Fragrant Everlasting 54
Pseudognaphalium beneolens
two-color rabbit tobacco 55
Pseudognaphalium biolettii
California cudweed 25
Pseudognaphalium californicum
Jersey Cudweed 56
Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum
cottonbatting plant 20
Pseudognaphalium stramineum
slender woolly-marbles 57
Psilocarphus tenellus
California chicory 25
Rafinesquia californica
wirestem 20
Rigiopappus leptocladus
San Gabriel ragwort
Senecio astephanus
California ragwort 58
Senecio californicus
Senecio flaccidus var. douglasii 59
Senecio flaccidus douglasii
common groundsel 60
Senecio vulgaris
milk thistle 61
Silybum marianum
Solidago velutina ssp. californica 25
Solidago velutina californica
Sonchus asper ssp. asper 62
Sonchus asper asper
Common Sow-thistle 63
Sonchus oleraceus
grassland silverpuffs 28
Stebbinsoseris heterocarpa
Stephanomeria virgata ssp. pleurocarpa 45
Stephanomeria virgata pleurocarpa
everlasting neststraw 64
Stylocline gnaphaloides
common dandelion 65
Taraxacum officinale
yellow salsify 66
Tragopogon dubius
silverpuffs 67
Uropappus lindleyi
Gray Mule-Ears 8
Wyethia helenioides
spiny cocklebur 68
Xanthium spinosum
rough cocklebur 69
Xanthium strumarium
Griffin's Bellflower 2
Campanula griffinii

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